Tucked away in the center of Patpong, Bangkok’s notorious red light district, is a small clinic that provides HIV testing and counselling for sex workers and men who have sex with men (MSM). This is where...

BANGKOK, May 19, 2015 - There is an HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Bangkok. Increasing the availability and use of free and anonymous testing and treatment of HIV infection among...

Often, environmental challenges seem too intractable and too big to even approach, but when it comes to pollution, there is good reason to stay positive. Santiago, Chile and Bangkok, Thailand serve as...

On first-ever Universal Health Coverage Day, all countries urged to make quality health coverage accessible to everyone, everywhere. NEW YORK, 12 December 2014 – A new global coalition of more than 500...

BANGKOK--- While most of the world uses thousands of mobile apps for entertainment--from games to instant messaging-- there are also innovative apps that are playing an important role in helping the world's...

Thank you, Steve, and good morning everyone. I want to thank CSIS for taking on the ambitious topic of universal health care for emerging economies. There is strong evidence that investments in people...

Date: January 14, 2014
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English

Translated from Japanese: Thank you, Mr. Shibusawa, for that kind introduction, and for the excellent work of JCIE.) Translated from Japanese: I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to Minister Aso,...

Date: December 6, 2013
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English

WASHINGTON, November 21, 2013 – World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim issued the following statement today upon receiving the Prince Mahidol Award: “I am deeply honored to have been selected as one of...

DR. KIM: Thank you, all, so much for coming and welcome to the World Bank. As always, I have some very nice prepared remarks, and so I will give them out of respect for the people who prepared them,...

Date: November 16, 2012
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English